Building Beautiful Families

This adoption story may also be titled "Don't decorate your nursery in gender specific colors!"   Read on for a roller coaster adoption story.... Ashley and Kyle signed on with me in late January of this year, and promptly dove into completing their home study, while we started working on the profile book. They were able to power through their home study, completing it in record time!  (I don't know of another family who completed one so quickly!  They were very organized and motivated!!) Once their home study and profile design were completed, I started sending them cases, and they also registered with our recommended agencies and contacts. They bravely presented to a few cases, that were just not the right connection for them. They carried on with presenting to almost every case they received, until one moment in March. They were selected.  By a mom carrying a baby boy.  Ashley and Kyle had really been secretly dreaming of a little ...

Matt and Caroline signed on with me in late January of 2017, and immediately jumped into their home study preparation time.   After becoming home study certified, Matt and Caroline bravely presented to several cases with me after we designed their beautiful profile book, but didn't find that magical connection until one day in September, one of our agency partners in their home state called them with a stork drop situation! A baby girl would be arriving imminently.  Were they interested?   Although there were still some unknowns due to the quick nature of the placement, Matt and Caroline bravely said "YES," to being presented, and jumped into the full adrenaline of a "stork drop" placement. The very same day, they met their beautiful daughter Allison, about 8 months to the day after going active with CAC. .... in the hospital Finalization Day....  (I love that Baby Girl has the judge's gavel  :)) I asked Carolin...